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U.S. official says Russian missiles crossed into Poland killing two People

A senior U.S. intelligence official says Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people. Polish government spokesman Piotr Mueller did not immediately confirm the information, but said top leaders were holding an emergency meeting due to a “crisis situation.” Polish media reported that two people died Tuesday afternoon after a projectile struck an

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G-7 leaders vow to ‘spare no efforts’ in holding Putin responsible for invasion in Ukraine

The Group of Seven most industralised nations on Thursday said it would do everything in its power to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin and his supporters personally responsible for the Ukraine invasion. “We will spare no efforts to hold President Putin and the architects and supporters of this aggression, including the Lukashenko regime in Belarus,

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The United States plans to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, two sources say

United States to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing war

The United States plans to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, two sources familiar with the forthcoming announcement told Reuters. The expected announcement comes as US President Joe Biden meets with European leaders on Thursday to coordinate Western nations’ response to Moscow’s assault on its neighboring country. It was not immediately clear

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eBay blocking transactions to Russian addresses

Online auction site eBay has said that it is blocking all transactions involving Russian addresses. The decision comes as a result of service interruptions by payment vendors and shipping carriers. “We stand with Ukraine and are taking a number of steps to support the Ukrainian people and our sellers in the region,” a spokesperson for

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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - JANUARY 15: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks during day two of laying out his plan on combating the coronavirus at the Queen theater January 15, 2021 in Wilmington, Delaware. President-elect Biden is announcing his plan to administer COVID-19 vaccines to Americans. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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President Biden announces rollout of free at-home Covid tests, more vaccination sites as US fights Omicron

U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday the opening of more federal vaccination and testing sites to tackle a surge in COVID-19 cases sparked by the Omicron variant, and said some 500 million at-home rapid tests will be available to Americans for free starting in January. Biden offered both a warning to the unvaccinated, who he

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Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020.
Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020.
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UK records 53,945 new covid cases highest daily infections since July

Britain recorded 53 945 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest daily figure since July 17, government figures showed, as the dominant Delta variant spreads and measures come in to curb the Omicron variant of concern. Cases were up 2.8% over the last seven days compared with the week before, although deaths were down 3% over

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Three white men found guilty of murdering Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery

Three white men were found guilty of murder Wednesday for shooting dead an African American man after chasing him in their pickup trucks, following a racially-charged trial in the southern US state of Georgia that gripped the nation. Travis McMichael, who shot Ahmaud Arbery, his father Gregory McMichael, and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, who

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